App Store and Google Play Scraper

App Store and Google Play Scraper extracts app listings, reviews, and developer profiles from both Apple App Store and Google Play in a single actor. Built for mobile app market research, competitor tracking, and review monitoring at scale.

What does App Store and Google Play Scraper do?

This actor covers both major app stores with four modes of operation. Search finds apps by keyword, with optional category and country filters. Detail pulls the full profile for a specific app -- description, screenshots, version history, ratings, and more. Reviews collects user reviews for any app, including rating, review text, app version, and date. Developer lists all apps published by a specific developer.

You can target Apple App Store, Google Play, or both. Country codes let you localize results to any market -- US, UK, Germany, Japan, or anywhere else the stores operate. Pagination is built in, so you can pull large result sets across multiple pages.

The output is normalized across both platforms, meaning the same field names and data structure regardless of whether the data came from Apple or Google. That makes cross-platform analysis straightforward.

What data do you get?

App search and details:

• app_id, name, developer, developer_id
• icon_url, rating, review_count
• price, currency, is_free, category
• platform, url, description_short
• description (full), screenshots, version, size (detail mode)
• updated_date, released_date, min_os, content_rating (detail mode)
• languages, in_app_purchases, whats_new (detail mode)
• privacy_url, website (detail mode)

Reviews:

• author, rating (1-5), date, title, text
• version, platform

Developer profiles:

• developer_id, name, url, app_count, platform
• apps -- full list of the developer's published apps

Who is this for?

• Mobile app developers -- research competitors, track market trends, and monitor your own reviews
• Product managers -- analyze user feedback across both platforms to inform roadmap decisions
• Market research firms -- build datasets on app categories, pricing, and rating distributions
• Investors and analysts -- evaluate app performance and developer portfolios
• ASO specialists -- study keyword rankings, review sentiment, and category competition

How to use it

1. Open the actor in Apify Console and select a mode (search, detail, reviews, or developer).
2. Choose a platform (appstore or gplay) and enter the required input -- search query, app ID, or developer ID.
3. Set optional filters like category, country, and result limit.
4. Click "Start" to begin the run.
5. Export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or connect via the Apify API.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	Scraping mode: search, detail, reviews, or developer
platform	string	appstore	Target platform: appstore or gplay
query	string	--	Search query (for search mode)
app_id	string	--	App ID, bundle ID, package name, or store URL (for detail and reviews modes)
developer_id	string	--	Developer ID (for developer mode)
category	string	--	Filter by category: games, business, education, entertainment, finance, health, etc.
limit	integer	20	Maximum results to return (1-200)
page	integer	1	Page number (1-50)
country	string	us	Country code for localized results (e.g., us, gb, de, jp)

Sample output

{
  "app_id": "com.spotify.music",
  "name": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "developer_id": "spotify-ab",
  "icon_url": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/spotify-icon.png",
  "rating": 4.3,
  "review_count": 28450000,
  "price": null,
  "currency": "USD",
  "is_free": true,
  "category": "music",
  "platform": "gplay",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
  "description_short": "Spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs..."
}

How much does it cost?

Each result costs $0.002. Scraping 1,000 app listings costs just $2, and 10,000 costs $20.

Apify gives every new user $5 in free monthly credits, so you can pull about 2,500 results for free.

Common questions

Can I scrape both App Store and Google Play in one run? Each run targets one platform at a time. Run the actor once for App Store and once for Google Play -- both use the same input structure, so it's simple to switch.

What app ID format should I use? For Google Play, use the package name (e.g., "com.spotify.music"). For App Store, use the bundle ID or the numeric ID. You can also paste the full store URL and the actor will extract the ID automatically.

Does it support non-English markets? Yes. Use the country parameter with any valid country code (us, gb, de, fr, jp, kr, etc.) to get localized results including pricing, descriptions, and reviews in the local language.

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